View single post by highlander

Posted: Sun Dec 17th, 2017 04:47

Joined:	Tue Jul 24th, 2012
Location:	Scotland, United Kingdom
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I have to say that after a couple of days processing two shoots (from Raw) with Affinity it is a good replacement for Photoshop but it doesn't replace Lightroom in any way. It is very difficult to accurately assess images without opening each one individually as it has no catalogue feature. I have downloaded Bridge, which is free, but it feels like too much of a compromise and increase in workflow.

I also find Affinity is very power hungry on the computing front and this means I have to wait for transitions to take place more than I did with Lightroom.

It has slowed my workflow down, and sometimes I am not noticing things until well into the edit which I would have seen immediately and corrected (like minor lens distortions). It probably doesn't help that I have just moved to the D800 and am dealing with bigger files with more definition.

I have now downloaded a trial of On1 Photo Raw 2018 for 30 days to see if this is better suited. I still like Affinity on the iPad, and I can see uses for it, but more for photoshop than lightroom type edits. I, as an 'right in-camera' type shooter don't really use photoshop that much, it was Lightroom that I used most so I feel there is more work to be done.

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